W.M. Lyles CO. safety record at a glance
W.M. Lyles CO. has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 25, 2003 and Nov 25, 2025. 8 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,235 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $82,485. The largest single penalty, $36,935, came from an inspection opened Jul 24, 2025 in Williams. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #630 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Santee, Williams, Stockton, Chino, Wasco, Bakersfield, Yucca Valley, Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | Santee | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Williams | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Williams | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $36,935 | $36,935 | open |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Santee | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $21,875 | $21,875 | open |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,680 | $1,680 | Feb 12, 2024 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Chino | Accident | 2 citations | $1,300 | $1,300 | Oct 27, 2022 |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Chino | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 1 serious | $35,625 | $19,310 | open |
| Apr 24, 2019 | Wasco | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Nov 13, 2018 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Apr 30, 2018 | Yucca Valley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 14, 2019 |
| Jan 12, 2018 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2018 |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Davis | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 8, 2016 |
| Jun 7, 2007 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Dec 13, 2006 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 2, 2007 |
| Sep 1, 2006 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2007 |
| Aug 22, 2003 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $6,295 | $1,160 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Mar 25, 2003 | Salida | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Aug 24, 2004 |
Also recorded as: W. M. Lyles CO.; W.M. Lyles; WM Lyles Company; W.M. Lyles CO; W. M. Lyles CO; WM Lyles CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, 2 serious, $36,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,600
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $1,495
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,875
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 341: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 8408: 1 citation, $840
- 8 CCR 8422: 1 citation, $840
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at W.M. Lyles CO.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.